AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, 31 July 1857, Page 6

AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MARITIME REPORT.

From July 15th to July 31st. The latest intelligence received from Sydney is to the 11th instant. At that date, the markets continued to present a favourable aspect for New Zealand produce. The floods had destroyed much valuable property; and the grain brought to market was, for the most part, inferior and in a damaged condition. The roads in the interior had likewise been greatiy injured, and the means of conveyance of produce much impeded. Owing to these circumstances flour advanced to £25 per ton for fine, £2l for second quality ; wheat was quoted at from 7s. Gd. to 9s. per

bushel; potatoes £42 to £l6 per ion; dnions £3O to £4O; and bran 2s. 6d. per bushel. This slight rise in the Sydney Markets has occasioned no advance in the Auckland prices. The Auckland Millers seem disposed io regard it as a mere temporary movement, and liable to an early reaction. There are large stocks of wheat, it is said, in the hands ■of the farmers, which will find their way to market-as the summer approaches and ihe ; roads improve. Be that as it may, there are grains whidh is altogether unable to preduceund which in New Zealand can be grown to perfection. These are oats and barley, whi(!h always have bpen, and are sure to continue to fee in much demand,*and atlilgMy remunerative prices. To the culture of those grains we therefore once more commend the New Zealand farmers, reminding them that maize, -teres, -horse beans and field peas are also sure to be articles of profitable export. The weather has been exceedingly tempes- ; tuous during the past fornlght, and a succession of hard-easterly winds delayed several arrivals. We have but three foreign •arrivals to report, namely,—the brigantine Bristol, 151 tons, Captain McLean, from Svdney to the East Coast in ballast, but driven •in here by stressof weather; the brig Sporting Lass. 184 tons, Captain Cellum, also from Sydney with goods and 11 passengers; and <the ship Solent, 842 tons, Cnrplain Brooks, with a general cargo of merchandize and 80 passengers, 94daysfrom London. The Solent is a magnificent ship, perhaps the finest that ever eutered the Waitemata. The Bishop of New Zealand has sailed, in his yacht the Southern Cross, Captain Susans, on a missionary voyage to Norfolk and other islands of the South Seas, in which Toyage he will be occupied for fully three months:—the other departures have been, •the schooner Gazelle, 21 s ? tons, Captain Jones, with 1558 bushels wheat, 234 bushels oats, 3540 lbs, butter, tons potatoes, 2 tons onions. feet sawn timber, 21 bales wool, 50 hides, 24 casks peas, and 16 passengers; the fore-and-aft schooner Acadian, 42 tons, Captain Duncan, with 50 tons potatoes, 100 bushels wheat, 1000 feet sawn timber, and 1 passenger; the brigantine Spray, 106 tons, Captain Anderson, with 62 tons potatoes, 10 tons kauri gum, 1311 bushels wheat, sundries, and 4 passengers; these three vessels were all for Sydney; and the -schooner Ellen, 40 tons, Captain Wedgewood, wilt2o,ooofeeisawntimbir, 14 ; pac-

;ages New Zealand rope, and sundries for Olago. The receipt of produce coastwise, during the past fortnight, has been very satisfactory, and we are happy to see that the farmers are on the alert to lake advantage of the Australian markets. arrived 53 vpsseis of 1471 tons with 83 passengers, 10,266 bushels wheat, 1951 bnshels maize, 61 tons potatoes, 24£ cwt. onions, 'sl cwt. hams and bacon, 256 cwt, salt pork, 10 cwt. fat, 20 cwt. pumpkins, 1 keg batter, 63 pigs, 8 liead cattle, 2 horses, 2.V tuns sperm oil, 23 tons kauri gum, 3 cwt. flax, 24,000 shingles, 650 posts and rails, 500 fire slabs, 1 boat, 11,000 feet sawn timber, and 111 ions firewood. The departures, coastwise, were 26 vessels of 632 tons, with 08 passengers and the customary amount of trade. There have been no alterations in the Markets since our last. The following are the prices current corrected to date 4 Bread Stuffs. Flour, fine, Is/. per ton. Flour, second quality, . . 16J. per ton. Biscuit (prices unsteady) at from ~.".. 26s.to25s.per cwt. Bread per loaf of 21bs. . . sd. Eran is. 6d. perbl. Beef and Mutton from . . sd. to 6d. per lb. Pork (fresh and salt) . . od. io6d.ditto Farm Produce. Wheat, (scarce) » 6s. Od. per bushel Maize ... 6s. 6d. io7s. 6d. per bushel Oats . . . . 7s. to 7s. 6d. per bushel Potatoes . . . SZ. 10s. to 67. perton Onions .... 2d. to 2id. per lb. Hay (plentiful) . . Al. to oJ.'per ton. Live Stock. Sheep from . . 4 7s. to 255. a head. Dairy Cows . . 91. to 12J. each. Calves from . . 255. to 40s. each. Groceries. Te a .... 6/. to 6Z. 10s. per chest. Sugar .... oU. to sd. per lb. Coffee . . . . lOd. per lb. Bice .... 2d. to per lb. Soap .... 555. per cwt. Candles .... lOd. per lb. Tobacco . . . . 2s. 6d. to ss. per lb.